A little {bLiNg} never hurt nobody!!

The bebe is my niece Selinalei, IDK why but I just love this pic! Anyway...here's another Christmas Card, with some added BLING! Because y'all my sis Lini (the baby's momma) LOOOOVES her some bling...I mean keep this lady away from a bedazzler!!! LOLOLOL

Love,
Rina

Yes...the creative block went away (for the time being, at least)

This is an LO of my nieces, Liaina and baby Lei. This is one of their first pics together, if not the first. It's not the most photogenic picture, but I love it! I'm so proud of my sister for being as strong as she is. I love my 3LW!

Love,
Aunty Rina

Hungry baby, baby hungry...

Our trip to Vegas was so amazing. I'm so glad that Bert and I were able to go. We left early Friday morning and got to Vegas at around 1 PM. First of all, I am amazed that gas in Vegas is about .20 cheaper than Utah gas. But I'm a LOT annoyed! LOL

We went to pick Lini and Lia up and headed straight for the hospital. Baby Lei is sooooooooo tiny. But boy is she gorgeous! She does look like her sister, which I didn't notice at first. She most definitely looks like her mommy (thank goodness). I couldn't get over how small she was. Unfortunately, we weren't able to go in to the NICU. Baby is still in the NICU, but hopefully she'll be able to go home tomorrow.

So after the hospital, we grabbed some dinner and met up with Mariaha and her kids and then we went shopping. Ugh, that seemed like forever and I was soooooooooo tired! We were planning on cooking meals for Lini and Lia, that they could freeze and prepare when they're ready.

Saturday consisted of cooking and cleaning. I can't believe how much food we made! It was cool, they will have food at least for the next 4 weeks! I am definitely considering the whole "cook for the month" and "freeze" method :)

Lia is getting so big. She is such a good girl and only cried like once, which is AMAZING!! hehe Lia cracks me up, I miss her so much. Her favorite things to say..."My tummy hungry" and "My mommy ugly". HEHEHEHEHE Ok, those weren't the only things she'd say, but those were the cutest/funniest.

After seeing baby Lei, I decided that I'm not done having kids. Mani says I'm just "baby hungry" from seeing her. That could very well be it, but I'm glad I still have the option to have a baby if I want to. But Mani and I both want to wait until we're in a better financial situation (dang it!).

Love,
Rina #7

...and baby makes 3.

Just got some great news! Lini, number 3, had her baby today. Selinalei (can't remember) Hamilton. I can't wait to see my beautiful niece. Congratulations Lini!


(Lini and her daughter, Liaina)

Well since we're talking about her already, Lini is my sister. Growing up, I [we] hated/feared the Queen B (no jokes). *History Report:Lini named me after someone she didn't like...no wonder she and I didn't get along most of my minor years. End Report* Lini is very, very intelligent. When I think about memories past with Lini, I think about school. She was in school for freakin' EVER! But she graduated with an MBNA (I think that's what you call it) in Business Management. I'm so proud of her. I remember when we were little, we alllll had chores (duh), and Lini always seemed to have the chore of "Supervisor". I hated that! Oh well, I also hated her mustache and her cow prom dress...and both at the same time =-) LOL! oh man.

It don't matter though, I can say I "disliked her" for being bossy, mean, rude, rude, mean and bossy, but the truth of the matter is, I wanted to be like her. She always had the nicest clothes, makeup, accessories, and so on and so forth.

Hmmm...I remember Lini was 'dating' this palagi (caucasion) guy, when we were little, the guy drove a convertible (or his parents did?). I remember going to the beach for a picnic with this guy. Wasn't much of a picnic, we had cheese sandwiches (bread, cheese, if we're lucky that week: mayo). I also remember ants getting in to our sandwiches-dammit! I think I ate mine anyway, yeah, I'm pretty sure I did. Anyway, I just remember Lini being so "bubble gum", in to "white" things?? Then she went to Hawai'i and got ghetto on us. HAHA! But I wouldn't trade her for the world =O)


(Lini catching snowflakes...hehe)

Lini has a very strong personality, if she don't like, she ain't gonna make an effort to be your friend. This can be a good thing and a bad thing...ok, no, just a bad thing. People usually don't like Lini when they first meet her, trust me, I know-hehe. I mean hey, it took me how many years to like her?? LOL! But Lini is one of the kindest, most loyal, smartest, prettiest (thank goodness for Nair), people I know. She's down for her fam and that's all that matters.



i love you lin dog,
Rina